Martina Monroe

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A true must-read for those who love the very best of characters, suspense, and crime thrillers! Addicting!!!"Martina Monroe has hit rock bottom. Demoted to chasing cheating spouses and petty cons, her once-promising career as a private investigator is circling the drain after a DUI ruined her reputation. When a mysterious new client requests her by name to track down the identity of an infant in a decades-old family photograph, Martina sees her shot at redemption. But there's a catch-she has to return to the one place she swore she'd never set foot in again: her hometown.Back in a city that holds more secrets than she ever left behind, Martina quickly realizes the photograph is just the tip of a very deadly iceberg. Bodies are piling up, each one closer to the truth she's digging up. Partnered with Detective August Hirsch, a hard-nosed cop, Martina must navigate a labyrinth of lies, buried betrayals, and a brutal killer who will stop at nothing to keep the past buried.As the stakes rise and her own dark history comes back to haunt her, Martina is faced with an impossible choice: solve the case and confront her demons… or become the next victim of a lethal game she never knew she was playing.What She Left is a gripping crime thriller featuring a determined female private investigator, a tense cold case murder mystery, and jaw-dropping twists that will keep you turning pages late into the night.A totally addictive and pulse-pounding crime thriller for fans of Lisa Regan, Mary Stone, and Willow Rose. You won't be able to put this page-turner down!

Three months. Three missing women. One PI determined to discover the truth.Back from break, PI Martina Monroe clears the air with her boss at Drakos Security & Investigations and is ready to jump right into solving cold cases for the CoCo County Sheriff's Department.Diving into the cold case files Martina stumbles upon a pattern of missing young women, all of whom were deemed runaways, and the files froze with minimal detective work from the original investigators. The more Martina digs into the women's last days the more shocking discoveries she makes.Soon, Martina and Detective Hirsch not only uncover additional missing women but when their star witness turns up dead, they must rush to the next before it's too late.A gripping, unputdownable thriller full of mystery and suspense.If She Ran is the second installment in the Martina Monroe crime thriller series.

A tragic death. A massive cover-up. PI Martina Monroe must face her past in order to reveal the truth.PI Martina Monroe has found her groove working cold cases alongside Detective Hirsch at the CoCo County Sheriff's Department. With a growing team of cold case detectives, Martina and Hirsch are on the heels of bringing justice for Julie DeSoto - a woman Martina failed to protect one year earlier. But when Martina receives a haunting request from her past, it nearly tears her in two.As Julie's case turns hot, so does the investigation into a young soldier's untimely death. As both cases rattle Martina to the core, she now questions everything she believed about her time working for Drakos Security & Investigations and with the United States Army. Martina must uncover the truth for her sanity and her own life.Pushed to the brink, Martina risks everything to expose the real criminals and bring justice for the victim's family and her own.A gripping, page-turning thriller, full of suspense.All She Wanted is the third installment in the thrilling Martina Monroe crime thriller series.

A missing mother and child. A secret past revealed. Will Martina and Hirsch discover the truth before they meet their end?In the thick of the current cold case investigation, PI Martina Monroe receives a handwritten letter from a desperate mother pleading for Martina and Hirsch to reopen the cold case of the woman's missing daughter and five-year-old grandson. Feeling a deep connection to the request, Martina knows that Hirsch and she have found their next case.As the two investigators dig into the life of Ana and her son, Ryder, they quickly find Ana has the life many would be envious of. With a loving group of family and friends, a devoted husband, and a successful career, Ana's perfect life seems a bit too perfect for Martina and Hirsch.Searching even further into Ana's past, they find a startling secret that leads Martina and Hirsch into the dark world of organized crime. Hot on the trail, the two investigators head to New York City, hoping to find the answer to what happened to Ana and Ryder. However, soon after they touch down, they learn they aren't the only ones on the hunt.Will Martina and Hirsch discover the truth before they become victims themselves?Why She Lied is the fourth installment in the Martina Monroe thriller series.

A ritualistic murder. Multiple suspects. Can the cold case detectives find the truth before the killers strike again?Ten years earlier, two teenage girls were found murdered by what appeared to be a satanic sacrifice. The case had dominated the news headlines for months before the original investigators failed to arrest the perpetrators of the crime - despite multiple suspects. Without solid evidence to prosecute, and even with the near-heroic efforts of the original detectives, the homicide investigation turned cold. For years, the families of the two victims fought to keep the young women's memory alive and to get the attention of law enforcement to not give up on finding those responsible.In an election year, and with a stellar record for the CoCo County Sheriff's Department Cold Case Squad, the Sheriff hands cold case investigators Martina Monroe and Detective Hirsch the most notorious decade-old murder case - named by the press, 'The Twin Satan Murders.' Unlike most of their previous cold cases, The Twin Satan Murders were thoroughly investigated by the original detectives. Undeterred by the lack of evidence and answers from the first investigation, Martina and Hirsch investigate the murders as if it were day one.Knocking on doors, Martina and Hirsch are surprised by the lack of cooperation from the original witnesses. With pushback from the community, the two investigators are forced to dive into the world of the occult. What the two detectives find is more disturbing than any case they've worked on before. Soon, Martina and Detective Hirsch find that some powerful people will go to all lengths to keep the truth buried.Will Martina and Detective Hirsch find the actual killers before they become victims themselves?Secrets She Kept is the fifth installment of the Martina Monroe crime thriller series.

A missing woman. A chilling connection to a baby trafficking ring. Will the Cold Case Investigators stop the killers before another woman is taken?Martina and Detective Hirsch, still reeling from their last high-profile case, agree to reopen the missing person case of Sadie Jarreau, a friend of one member of the Cold Case Squad. At first glance, Sadie's disappearance from the local marina looks like the typical unhappy marriage resulting in a deadly end.But between the marina's surveillance cameras malfunctioning that day, her husband's air-tight alibi, and no one with a motive to harm Sadie, Martina and Hirsch are forced to consider a less common scenario - a stranger abduction.As they pursue the possibility that a stranger took Sadie, Martina and Hirsch stumble onto a string of sinister crimes that occurred shortly before, and after, Sadie went missing. Digging deep into the case files of murdered pregnant women found on the Northern California Coast, with their unborn children missing, the team makes a terrible realization.Whoever had been kidnapping young, pregnant women and removing their children before dumping their bodies in the bay - had not stopped. Now Hirsch and Martina must dive into the world of baby trafficking to find those responsible and bring them to justice.Will they stop the killers before another woman is taken?What She Found is the 6th installment of the page-turning and suspenseful Martina Monroe crime thriller series.

Missing twin sisters. A chilling revelation. Will this be the case that breaks the Cold Case Squad?Twenty years earlier, a set of female eighteen-year-old twins went missing in the Bay Area. There were no news reports or national coverage. The original investigators had barely touched the case, and like so many other cases of missing teens, were quickly labeled runaways, and the file sat on the shelf. Baffled by the lack of attention for the sisters, Martina insists it will be Hirsch and the Cold Case Squad's next case.Undeterred by the lack of prior research, the team dives into the case, employing methods of investigation and forensic technology not available twenty years earlier. This could be the case where time is actually on their side. When the team catches their first big break, the discovery of one sister's remains, and a lead on the second, they shift the case from missing persons to homicide.With the change in course, Martina and Hirsch dig deeper into the women's lives before they disappeared. With a no-stone-unturned approach and DNA results back from the lab, they soon find a shocking connection to one of their own. Concerned the information could jeopardize getting justice for the victims' family, Martina and Hirsch now must work in the shadows in order to find answers to what happened all those years ago.Will Martina and Hirsch be able to expose the truth without endangering themselves, their jobs, and the future of the Cold Case Squad?Don't miss the 7th installment of the suspenseful Martina Monroe crime thriller series.

A haunted past. A thirty-five-year-old mystery. Can Martina uncover the truth in time to find a missing woman and keep herself from falling victim to the city's darkest elements?With haunted eyes, a survivor steps into the offices of Drakos Monroe Security & Investigations, asking for Martina's help. Thirty-five years earlier, Nancy made a harrowing escape from the clutches of a ruthless sex-trafficking syndicate in San Francisco, forced to leave her best friend Victoria behind. Clean and with a family of her own, Nancy hires Martina to find Victoria in a search for closure, justice, and the friend she lost so many years ago.Soon, Martina finds that Victoria's fate is entwined in a decades-old mystery, and every new clue draws back the veil on corruption and depravity that spans over three decades.With time as her adversary, Martina must unravel the mystery of Victoria's fate, investigating a criminal network hell-bent on preserving its dark secrets.The stakes reach fever pitch as she uncovers the chilling truth and a shocking revelation.Ignoring the dangers of hunting ruthless criminals, Martina and her team will stop at nothing to uncover the truth.How She Escaped is the 10th installment of the Martina Monroe crime thriller series.

This Christmas, the season of joy turns into a terrifying game of revenge.A man dressed as Santa is found murdered and shoved up a chimney-a meticulously staged scene straight out of a nightmare. Days later, another murder staged like a twisted Christmas display is discovered.With every gruesome crime comes a taunting Christmas card bearing a hand-drawn snowflake… delivered directly to PI Martina Monroe's door.Martina, fearless and unyielding, teams up with homicide detective Kate Maddox and crime reporter Natalie Sloane, whose articles on real-life Christmas tragedies have begun inspiring the killer's next acts-a sure sign he isn't just reading her stories. He's watching her.As the killer's motives come into focus, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: this isn't just revenge. It's a message.Now, with the clock ticking toward December 25th, Martina and Kate must unmask a killer before the holiday turns deadly for them all.Her Silent Night is a special holiday installment in the Martina Monroe series. It's a dark, chilling standalone Christmas thriller that is perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike.

A PI in a vicious tailspin. An innocent in danger. A case that could claim them both.Private Investigator Martina Monroe has no room for grief. Nearly a year after she failed to prevent her husband's death, a battered woman depends on her for safety. But when she arrives too late and finds the female dead, the tormented detective's only solace is a deeper relationship with the bottle.Struggling with sobriety and doing her job, Martina still has to protect another client battling a stalker. And if she doesn't get her act together soon, one more victim may pay the price for her mistakes.Can Martina conquer her personal demons in time to save lives… including her own?Crashing Down is a nail-biting thriller. If you like devious cat-and-mouse games, dark and brooding mysteries, and broken heroines picking up the pieces, you'll love H.K. Christie's addictive tale.